Baby pants



April 20 1926. Re. 16,330

M. s. GEORGE BABY PANTS Original Filed April 6. 1922 Tit-g1. 3.

statu is. 20,1926,

UNITED STATIESJYPATENT,,QFFICE,

manna smcrnia eaonenor sr. Louis, .iurssounrcan: rams.

original so. 1,491,090, emu April a2, 1924, Serial 2 reissue filed August 20,

To all 'wlwm it'may concern: I

Be it known that I, Mauve Smornm Gnome, a citizen of the United States, residing at St; Louis, in the State of Misl souri, have'invented a new and useful Bab Pants, er whichthe following is a speci cation. I

' The present invention relates to mprove- -ments in'baby pants, which 18 a water proof garment worn by infants and small children over diapers and the like. The style of baby pants, to whichthe present mvention is directed, is-what is commonly termed by the trade as all rubber pants in contra distinction to those having the loose or removable cloth cover. 1 These all rubber pants are usually made of rubberized cloth or rubber sheeting to form a full, bag-like trunk garment, *having only waist and leg openings, with means about the opemn s for contracting them about the body an legs of the wearer.

It has been found that while such a gar-5 ment has numerous advantageous features it posesies the drawback of excluding air 'from those portions of the body covered by the arment,resultin in-a rather uncomfertile and unhealt y condition, as will be readily understoodby thosem the art. 0 This is especially true n such garments when worn in the summer orin warm ch The object of the present invention 18 to overcome this drawback in pants of the all rubber ty by inserting in a. substantialportion 0 the pants means which will permit the ventilation byair fpassing all unhindered into-the interior 0 the garment.

One of the features of the invention re 40 sides in the manner in which this ventilating means is positioned on the garment give the maximum amount of ventilation without destroying the utility and characteristic pro. rties 0f the all rubber Kan 6 e invention further es 1n the detailed construction of the-garment and the u ent of parts hereinafter more fully d .and pointed out in the appended In this specificationand the: anneieddrawings, the invention is in the m. 550,1, med-s rite, m2! Apiflfcation m- 1925. Serial 1T0: 51,417.-

form in which it is consideredto be the best, but the nvention is not. limited to" such form because" it is, capable of. being embodied in other forms; and it. is to be understood that in and by the claims following the description herein it is intendedto cover the invention in whatever form it may embody within the scope thereof.

In the drawings which disclose the inven tion in the embodiment in which it is-at. present devised: Figure 1 illustrates a front view of an all rubber baby pantsembodying-the presentinvention. Fig. 2 is a lan view of a blank of rubberillustrating t e attern by which the garments are cut an into the. finished. article.

Throughout the specification and drawings similar characters like parts.

In the pre vention, as disclosed in the accompan ing drawings, 1 indicates the front face 0 the garment, which is connected to the rear face ,2 to produce a substantially bag-like trunk garment. The garment is preferably formed from a slngle elongated stri of material, preferably sheet ru bet, or i desired, 'rubferred embodiment of my in- I before they are completed denote similar and beriz'ed material. This strip of material a,"

see Figure 2, is providedin its 'side'edges with suitable notches or cut away portions b wh ch provide the leg openings-3 in the efinlshed garment. This-strip a may be folded'transverselyon the line 0 to formthe front and rear portions land 2, and these two portions are connected at their side edges d in any suitable manner.'

The above method of forming the garment is illustrative of one ofthe ways in which-it may be constructed, but it is obvious that any other arrangement can be made use of.

The edge e of the back face 2 of the garment provides the rear waist-band portion of the garment, while the edge I of the front face 11s cut away in the manner clearly illustrated to provide the u wardl pro ecting' shield 4, which in the 'sh garment is designed .to lie substantiallyabove the crotch of-the wearer, but does not extend as far as the waist band; This is provided by cutting the blank a at points a: a substantial distance from the leg openings bin the blank, and having the line of cuts from the points a: converging outwardly..

To the edge f of the front face 1 is secured by any suitable means the lower edge of a net-like section of opened-weaved material 5. The upper edge 9 of the net section exten'ds transversely across thefront face 1 of the garment and has. itssideedges h suitably secured to the opposing side edges d of the rear face 2. The edge of the net section forms, together with the edge e of the rear face 2, the waist band of the garment.

garment, the net section also providing the front portion of the waist band, which-will permit the air'to ventilate thewaist band area, The lower side portions of the'net section extend downwardly to a point near the leg openings of the garment in order to permit the maximum amount of ventilation, but are sufficiently spaced from the leg openings to prevent the egress of moisture from the pants at this point. .The centrally arranged guard 4 on the front face 1 is designed to extend for a distance above the crotch of the wearer in order that any excretion may be directed to the lower portion of the garment and contained therein, in a manner which will be clearly understood.

The section of the front face of the garment which is occupied by the net insert 5 ordinarily has no particular utility in preventing the egress of moisture from the garment, when the garment is made-entirely of rubber, because it is the'usual and desired practice for the garment to be worn over an absorbent diaper which preliminary retains all moisture. This moisture tends to egress at points adiacent the leg openingsand from the rear and crotch portions of the garment, and not from the upper front section of the garment. Therefore, this particular section is utilized in the present invention for ventilating purposes, while at'the same time providing the protecting shield portion 4 above the crotch.

' In this specification all rubber pants are referred to but it is to be understood that this type of garment is also adapted for use by women when made in larger sizes, and it is not desired to limit the-use of the garment strictly-to children. It is alsoto be understood that while the invention is shown as applied to all rubber baby pants it is not I to be restricted to this use alone as it may be used in other designs and forms of waterproof pants.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and upon which it is desired to obtain Letters Patent, is y 1. A pair of bloomers comprising-a rear face portion and a front face portion of impervious material, the said impervious front face portion being shorter than said rear face portion and terminating in an inverted V shape upper edge extending all above the crotch of the wearer and a not like section having an inverted -V shape lower edge attached to the said upper edge of the front face portion to provide a substantially wide venti ating portion above the crotch of the wearer, the leg openings of the garment being surrounded by the impervious material of-said front and rear faces.

2. A pair of bloomers comprising aback I covering portion and a front covering pore tion formed of 'a single integral strip of impervious material having a plurality of leg receiving cut-out portions, said back covering portion being provided with a substantially straight upper edge and diverging side edges, said front covering portion being provided with an inverted V shape upper edge and a plurality of diverging side edges and a net like section having an inverted V shape lower edge connected 'to.said upper edge of said front portion and having diverging side edges, and means connecting the side edges of said front covering portion and net like section to the side edges of said back covering portion whereby the leg openings of the garment are surrounded by the impervious material of the front and back covering portions ofthe garment.

3. A trunk-like garment having waist and leg openings, and a rear face portion and a front face portion of impervious material, the faces being seamed together at-their side edges to form the leg openings surrounded by im ervious material, the said impervious front face having ortions terminatin below the waist opening and an interm late upwardly extending portion also terminating below the waist opening, and a section of pervious material attached to the face portion and extending to the upper edge'of the garment to form a continuation of the front face portion.

4. A trunk-like garment having waist and leg openings, and a rear face portion and a front face rtion ofimpervious material, the faces being seamed together at their side edges to form the leg openings surrounded by imp'ervious material, the said impervious front face portion being shorter than the rear face portion and having its upper edge terminating below the upper; edge of said .rear face portion, and a net-like section at 1e,sao

. tached to the upper edge of the front face portion and extending to the u the rear face portion to rovi e ventilated section above the crotch o the wearer.

5. A garment of the kind described comprising a closed bag-like trunk garment of impervious materia having waist and leg openings, said leg openings being surrounded by the impervious material, the upper edge of the front face of the garment bein cut away for a distance above the crotc per edge of portion thereof, and a section of foraminous material set in said cutaway portion and extending upward to the upper edge of the back face to complete the garment, the upper parts of said impervious back and said foraminous front portions forming said waist encircling o ening.

In testimony w ereof, I hereby set my hand this 3rd day of July, 1925.

MA'UDE' SINCLAIR GEORGE. 

